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Did anyone read this in The Sun
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And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostThe Sun has more ABC1 readers than all the broadsheets put together. You'll find more copies of the Sun on trading floors in the City than the FT.
Page3.com is a required visit every day in my office.
Are you going to object to this from the Sun?
Trading floor Barrow boys read The Sun shocker! Maybe that's why UK finance got in such a mess!The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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This raises a more serious issue IMO which is that these credit reference agencies, and companies who use them, need to be more tightly regulated.
Essentially you've got minimum wage plebs messing around with data that can really screw with people's lives.
By way of an example, when I set up my Ltd a couple of years ago I moved my Orange mobile phone contract from a personal account to a business account. They sent a final bill for the personal account which I paid by cheque. However, they instead credited the cheque to the 'newly created' business account and put the personal account into default.
Even after I called Orange and corrected it, they still put a red missed payment alert on my credit file. Something I was only aware of because I pay for access to Experian through Identity Protection Plan.
I was able to get it taken off by Experian but the amount involved was trivial (£50 or something) and there are numerous tales of woe out there at the moment, relating to people not being able to roll over mortgages etc. for similar reasons.Comment
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Every time I hear stories like these, I'm reminded of the expression:
"If you're innocent you've nothing to fear"Comment
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As more use is made of background checks like this and the odious ID card then more people will find that their livelihoods destroyed. As the recession goes on many more people will have black marks against them. Some will be minor others greater. However, no matter how trivial it will be used to filter out applicants. Many of those who lose their jobs will never have a meaningful job again.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostAs more use is made of background checks like this and the odious ID card then more people will find that their livelihoods destroyed. As the recession goes on many more people will have black marks against them. Some will be minor others greater. However, no matter how trivial it will be used to filter out applicants. Many of those who lose their jobs will never have a meaningful job again.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostThe 37-year-old had fought off hundreds of rivals to be earmarked for a £400-a-day role.
Could be the new fight club.
I thought everyone knew that.Comment
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And the shame of it is that "Mr Plenty Quickly" from Bombay with absolutely no U.K. credit history passes his anti-fraud, credit and legal checks with flying colours.Comment
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Originally posted by eliquant View PostAnd the shame of it is that "Mr Plenty Quickly" from Bombay with absolutely no U.K. credit history passes his anti-fraud, credit and legal checks with flying colours.
Yup. I've observed that.
In my own case at current client I had to go through all checks from records in country of my passport. Haven't lived in UK for nearly 11 years so utterly pointless. As the police HQ told me, I could have spent the last decade in a foreign jail and they would be none the wiser and give me a clean sheet.Comment
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